Just read this post (and added my two cents, too) on the Outer Alliance, about workshops and writing teachers who are friendly to and supportive of GLBTIQ writers and writing. (They use the term QUILTBAG, which I love, and which may be gaining enough traction that I can actually start using.)

If you’re different from many of your peers, it can feel even more risky to bring your creative work to a critique group or writing class. You may find yourself trying to parse the comments and advice from the instructor or the other students, wondering whether they are being too harsh because they don’t understand your work, or glossing over problems in the writing because they don’t want to engage with the material.

It takes sensitivity, skill and grace to embrace those differences and help create a supportive, useful working environment. Not everybody can do that, so I’m happy to see the post and hope to see the list of recommendations grow!